The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Picked up a few more Mosins today at a show. I really didn't need another m44, but this one was so clean and new looking I figured I should grab it. Its a 1945 that appears to be non refurbed. The serials are all the same font. Bluing on the barrel is purple or plum like a Finn. The wood is not the typical arctic birch. At first I thought it was sanded, but there are a couple of small cartouches that are crisp, and the finger grooves are plenty sharp and deep. It looks like it was made this year, not 70 years ago.

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The butt plate is definitely not the same font. Look at the second cryllic letter and the 3.

You are right. It is different. I would say I cant believe I didn't see it, but my eyes are not getting any better. So that stock was probably put on later, but the magazine looks original.

I would say the font on the butt plate looks much like the font on the bolt. This may be force matched, but that is still a correct rifle. I love it and there is no way I would have passed it up, funds permitting. Congrats buddy

The stocks finish is weird. Looks like a finish bubba would do, not a shellac like a refurb.

The bolts font is also different, look at the A.

Lee-online wrote:The stocks finish is weird. Looks like a finish bubba would do, not a shellac like a refurb.

The bolts font is also different, look at the A.

Yes, I see the different A now in the magnified photo. The finish is not bubba, though it looks a little like it in the pic. It looks similar to a pristine Romanian I have.

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Nice! I don't think I would pass that one up either.

Take a look at the first picture you posted. Look closely at the crossbolt, or rather the lack of finish on the wood in the crossbolt channel. That's very likely a post-war stock that didn't get a liberal shellacing at the arsenal but instead a light finish. There is no finish on that channel & probably never was. Virgin wood in there.... I have a 46 Izhevsk M44 that has the same style finish... Just that mine has flaked & chipped off in a few places over time.

A nice find.

Really nice grain pattern. I'm jealous. Good find.

John

Yep, a mighty nice find. I could just about get jealous a little bit.

That one is just plain purdy! Congratulations on your good taste and sound judgement.